Maritime Shuts Out Becker, 23-0; Sets Program Record For Wins In A Season With Seven

THROGGS NECK, N.Y. (Oct. 16, 2010) – The
Maritime football team set a new program record for wins in a
season by improving to a perfect 7-0 overall with a 23-0 win over
Becker College on a windy Saturday after at Reinhart Field. With
the win, the Privateers also remain undefeated and in first place
in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) with a 4-0
mark. The Hawks fall to 1-6 (1-3 ECFC).

The Maritime defense held Becker to just 118 yards of total
offense and caused two turnovers: a first quarter fumble forced by
junior Rob Gorgy-DL (Hillsborough, N.J./Immaculata) after a sack
and a third quarter interception by junior Sean Wiggers-DB
(Norwood, N.J./Northern Valley Old Tappan). Sophomore Keith
Barnes-LB (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury) had a team high nine tackles on
the day (six solo and three assisted).

The Privateers recorded five sacks on the afternoon, including
Gorgy's. Barnes had two sacks (part of 3.5 tackles for losses of a
combined 13 yards), Gorgy and sophomore Thomas Boney-DE
(Jacksonville, Fla./University Christian) had solo sacks, while
senior Ernie Caponegro-LB (Toms River, N.J./Monsignor Donovan) and
junior Michael Neimes-DE (Jacksonville, Fla./Stanton College Prep)
shared a fourth-quarter sack.

Junior fullback Jamie Spanopoulos (Franklin Square, N.Y./H.
Frank Carey) led the Privateer offense with two touchdowns on the
day. The first was in the second quarter on a two-yard run to put
Maritime up 13-0. His second TD came via a nine-yard pass from
sophomore gun-slinger Joe Dickey (Middletown, N.J./Middletown
North) in the third quarter that ended the scoring on the day.
Spanopoulos amassed 74 yards on the ground and those nine receiving
yards.

Dickey led all rushers with 89 yards and scored the first
touchdown of the game on a 12-yard run with 6:06 remaining in the
opening quarter. He was also 2-for-5 in completions for Senior
Madison Leary-K/WR (Tavares, Fla./Tavares) kicked a 38-yard field
goal right as time expired on the first half to give Maritime a
16-0 lead going into the break.

For Becker, freshman quarterback Curtis Ludden registered 84
yards in the air on 6-of-16 completions with one pick. He was also
the team's top rusher with 17 yards amassed on the ground.
Sophomore Johnattan Rivera caught three passes for 30 yards.

Maritime returns to action when the squad travels to take on
ECFC-foe Mount Ida (4-2, 3-1 ECFC) in Newton, Mass. next Saturday,
Oct. 23. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Mustangs' Mount
Ida College Athletic Stadium.